Traveling outside U.S. has rewards, issues

1:32 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Written by

Andrew Wiest
From the Community

I have the great good fortune of being able to travel quite widely as part of my job at the University of Southern Mississippi, taking students overseas to study historical events where they happened. It is a wonderful educational experience. Just imagine talking about D Day on the landing beaches of Normandy or discussing the plight of U.S. prisoners of war in Vietnam while standing in the Hanoi Hilton.

Many of the students who come with us are traveling abroad for the first time and also learn so much just by being out of the country - out of their comfort zone.